South Africa joins the growing list of countries with air activity affected by fuel problems. United Airlines has informed its customers and collaborators of the cancellation of the flights scheduled until May 1 to the city of Johannesburg, where Iberia also has a presence (Peru, without fuel for the planes to fly).
In a message addressed to the travel agency channel to which Preferential access has been given, the American airline explains that it has been forced to adopt this measure due to “fuel supply problems”, without giving further details.
It offers travelers two options: delay the day of departure at no cost or request a refund of the ticket. As this newspaper has been publishing, fuel problems are challenging aviation.
The reasons have been diverse: the increase in the prices of certain materials, the reduction in production due to the crisis that the sector was going through and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, among others. In general, it is usually the poorest countries that have the least capacity to react to solve this type of situation.